operation   contrasting valkyrie   
     in the sixties.  the  central    
  intelligence agency  "cia" release  
   aerosolized  selatenine  over  a   
  jupiter equinox concert, creating   
  the  largest secret paradigm shift  
  that the  world has  ever seen.   
  
                                          
 the jupiter equinox* concert is  part of 
 a festival  in  black tickle arranged by 
 a group  called epicenter of love. there 
 is   no   entrance   but   visitors  are 
 expected to  help with maintenance. food 
 and  drink is  shared.  many  bands  are 
 playing over the  four day course of the 
 festival, and the stage is  open between 
 scheduled   concerts.   jupiter equinox, 
 while an unknown act, has a  prestigious 
 timeslot at eight  in the evening on the 
 third  day,  which  is  friday.       
                                          
 eight is  also  when  the  plane used to 
 spread  the   aerosol   lifts  off.   it 
 arrives  at the festival about a quarter 
 past,  sound   masked  by  the  concert. 
 around   when   the   first    wave   of 
 selatenine   must   have   reached   the 
 audience,  the song comes to a tense but 
 quiet  movement,  and  the  lead  singer 
 walks   to  the  front  of  the   stage. 
                                          
 she says, with  a crystalline voice:  "i 
 have  something to  tell you. i am not a 
 human being.  i  am not  an animal or  a 
 plant.  i  have been  sent to  deliver a 
 message to you. a message of  hope.  you 
 are  not alone.  there are other  beings 
 in  the  universe.  there  is  life  out 
 there,  life  that  is  reaching  out  a 
 hand. and it's  time  to take that hand. 
 to reach out toward that  hand  and grab 
 it it. it is time  to come home. you are 
 going   home.  you  are   going   home." 
                                          
 the  singer  stands  there  for  a   few 
 moments, her hand  raised  in  the  air, 
 before  the rest of  the band  kicks  in 
 and  the music builds  to  a  crescendo. 
 the crowd  erupts.  and  then  something 
 else  erupts  as  well.  a  concert-goer 
 describes   it:   "suddenly,  the  music 
 seams  broader,  more  colorful.  i  can 
 somehow see it, and i  feel  the  others 
 seeing  it, and  i  see it through their 
 eyes  as  well.  meanwhile  i'm dancing, 
 and i can  feel my  body  as i've  never 
 done before,  i  am aware  of  each cell 
 and  each  molecule,  all  vibrating  in 
 unison.  and   it's  all  going  faster, 
 building up  to  something,  waking up." 
                                          
 people  start  forming circles,  holding 
 hands  and  dancing.  some  are  crying. 
 some are laughing. some  are  screaming. 
                                          
 and then  -  a flutter  -  and something 
 gives.    a   shockwave   of   reversing 
 polarity   in   the   ether,  and   like 
 butterflies getting hit by  a  burst  of 
 wind, the third eye  opens for  everyone 
 in the audience. and  it becomes a chain 
 reaction,  quickly  spreading across the 
 festival area. within  seconds  there is 
 a   global  blackout.   festival   goers 
 regain  their  memories  around  a  week 
 later,  those  in  the  nearby  town  of 
 black tickle  after  a   few   days,  in 
 montreal  for the evening, the  rest  of 
 america  maybe  an  hour.           
                                          
 and  thus,   the   population  of  earth 
 has  kind  of  left  it's  materialistic 
 baseline,   only  that   most   do   not 
 remember                             it. 
                                          
                                          
  
  * there's an interesting aspect to  
   the  "jupiter equinox"  act.  it   
   seems   there  was  never   any    
  jupiter equinox concerts before or  
  after the one in black tickle. the  
  lead  singer  (also  colloquially   
  referred to  as jupiter) seemed to  
  immediately disappear (for a  long  
  while she was thought to have been  
   a cia  agent,  but  a later  foia  
  release refuted this). for obvious  
  reasons, many were looking for any  
   trace  of  the  band,  but  none   
   were fruitful.                     
                                      
  recently,  however, some attention  
  has been drawn to juniper helding,  
  a sixteen year old pop singer from  
  england  who has  a  very striking  
   similarity...